Whether you are waiting for the Strictly final or fancy a bit of Christmas Bake Off, Event has selected the must see shows of the season, promising high drama, comedy and of course some old favourites. ...read
Ben Whishaw gives voice to the Peruvian bear in a warm-hearted adventure and Maggie Smith stars as the grumpy tramp living
in a battered van at the end of writer Alan Bennett's driveway.
Like Bad Santa 2, Office Christmas Party is set in the reliably wintry city of Chicago, but it differs from it completely in one crucial respect: this is actually funny.
There have been better shows and films than George S Kaufman and Moss Hart's 1930 play about the death of vaudeville and silent movies and the birth of the talkies.
Even in a year that has dealt blows to younger rock stars than him, you all but forget Rod Stewart is part of an endangered species until he closes his show with Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think).
PIERS MORGAN: 'If Donald Trump called child abuse sufferers "wimps" then I'd call him a pathetic, blinkered dinosaur too'
Piers on Eric Bristow.
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Margot's slice of the good life... This grand new Covent Garden Italian flirts with greatness and nearly achieves it
DEBORAH ROSS: Evil so good it's barely watchable
As we build the to the Christmas TV schedule we need as much 'proper' TV as we can get
This Christmas Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury's classic story of five children hunting a bear in the English countryside follows the in tradition of The Snowman as it is brought to life in a new animated film.
Event's Olly Smith joins The Great British Bake Off's Nadiya Hussain as she rustles up a special menu for Christmas, from kedgeree to gingerbread while Nicholas Parsons takes the team into panto.
These fortified wines are meticulously aged to perfection, but how do you pick the star this Christmas?
A cornucopia of pre-Christmas culture and fun... so get your skates on!
If Margot were a person, rather than a new Covent Garden restaurant, she'd be a handsome, twice-married Contessa, clad in fur (Fendi), cashmere (Loro Piano) and diamonds (courtesy of husbands, ex and current). With an accent as thick as warm honey, and a laugh like a Neapolitan drain. Because this smart, slick Italian, from Paolo di Tarso and Nicholas Jaouen (two smart, slick, front-of-house masters) is scented with undeniably opulent allure. ...read
Port and Madeira rule Christmas at Smith Towers with an iron fist. Or at least an iron fist dipped in honey, for such is their sweet power that their might just couldn't be more right with mince pies, Christmas cake and even Christmas pudding. These fortified wines are meticulously aged to perfection, but how do you pick the star this Christmas? ...read
The very best in convenience, style and entertainment - this Christmas is a great year to upgrade your life with fantastic technology. ...read
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, allow Event to introduce you to Nissan's new baby, the 'subtle GT-R'. Also known as the GT-R MY17. No longer does one have to possess the nervous system of a Neanderthal man to enjoy owning this legendary wild beast. For sure, it remains satisfyingly wild and beastly and with more power than ever, but it is much more palatable now as well as having suddenly grown into its looks - from scraggy workhouse kid to handsome young prince. ...read
They say you should never meet your heroes. My saddening, maddening encounter with Eric Bristow is why. ...read
Quite Indiscreet - on how BBC bosses drove Stephen Fry off QI. Quite Illuminating - on why his Jonathan Creek special is too scary for kids. And, yes, really Quite Incendiary - on his shocking stand-up routine ... as Event meets the Quite Incorrigible TV supernerd! ...read
Fabulous fiction. Magical memoirs. Thrillers with tantalising twists. Event's peerless critics (and team of well-read celebrities) pick their favourite books of 2016 ...read
He sawed off his own frostbitten fingers and scaled the world's tallest peaks with a heart condition, so you'd think Ranulph Fiennes was totally fearless...
My cook-book addiction is getting out of hand. I write this surrounded by teetering columns of culinary tomes, both brand new and battered, which threaten to engulf me at any moment.
Quality fizz for under a tenner? Something luscious to go with the pud? Our man rounds up the wines fit to grace any table this year.
Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd
Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group
© Associated Newspapers Ltd Contact us How to complain Advertise with us Syndication Work with Us Terms Privacy policy & cookies
|
|
||
